D97A

Message D97A/DESADV

Despatch advice message

A message specifying details for goods despatched or ready for despatch under agreed conditions.
The United Nations Despatch Advice Message serves both as a specification for Delivery Despatch Advice and also as a Returns Despatch Advice message. Throughout this document, the reference to 'Despatch Advice' may be interpreted as conveying the wider meaning of 'Delivery Despatch Advice/Returns Despatch Advice'.

SG2 C(10) : NAD-LOC-SG3-SG4

A segment for identifying names, addresses, and their
functions relevant to the whole Despatch Advice.
Identification of the parties involved is recommended for
the Despatch Advice message, and is to be given in the NAD
segment.
It is recommended that where possible, only the coded form
of the party ID should be specified, e.g. the buyer and
seller are known to each other, thus only the coded ID is
required. The consignee or delivery address may vary and
would have to be clearly specified, preferably in structured
format.

A segment identifying equipment either attached to the
equipment described in the EQD segment above, or equipment
related to that described in the EQD segment, and which is
further defined in a subsequent EQD segment.

SG9 C(10) : HAN-FTX

A group of segments providing information on hazardous goods
and their handling.

A segment with free text information in coded or clear
form to give further clarification, when required, for
hazardous material.

SG10 C(9999) : CPS-FTX-SG11-SG15

A group of segments providing details of all package levels and
of the individual despatched items contained in the
consignment. This segment group provides the capability to give
the hierarchical packing relationships. The group defines a
logical top-down order structure.
The lowest level package information of the hierarchy is
followed by the detail product information.

A segment with free text information in coded or clear form
to give further clarification, when required, as to the
packing sequence.
In computer to computer exchanges such text will normally
require the receiver to process this segment manually.

SG11 C(9999) : PAC-MEA-QTY-SG12-SG13

A group of segments identifying packaging, physical
dimensions, marks and numbers, quantities, date and time
information, handling information and information about
packing at this level.

A segment with free text information in coded or clear
form to give further clarification, when required, to the
line item. In computer to computer exchanges such text
will normally require the receiver to process this
segment manually.

A segment for identifying names and addresses and
their functions relevant to the delivery point.
It is recommended that where possible only the coded
form of the party ID should be specified, e.g. the
buyer and seller are known to each other, thus only
the coded ID is required. The consignee or delivery
address may vary and would have to be clearly
specified, preferably in structured format.